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This category contains 8 sites:

• Aston Hall - Stately home built in the Jacobean style. Offers a collection of period rooms containing furniture, paintings and other items from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery collection.
• Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery - Located in the city centre, the museum is particularly noted for its Fine and Applied Arts collections. Includes historical information and details of current exhibits.
• Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery - World-class collections of art and human history; interpretations feature virtual gallery tours, video walkthroughs and zoomable works of art.
• Blakesley Hall - Elizabethan farmhouse with staff in historic costume. Undergoing renovation and due to reopen in April 2001.
• Museum of the Jewellery Quarter - Created to preserve the Smith and Pepper Jewellery Factory, which closed in 1981. The original workshops and jewellers' benches are now used as working exhibits.
• Sarehole Mill - 18th century water mill now open to the public.
• Soho House - Stately home of the industrial pioneer Matthew Boulton. The visitor centre is home to a community history gallery with a changing programme of exhibitions and activities.
• The Barber Institute of Fine Arts - Founded by Lady Barber in 1932, the Institute houses a collection of works of international significance. In addition to the galleries, the venue hosts regular concerts and exhibitions.